May, 26th 2018. Japan on the Rhine.

What about a week-end trip to Japan? Just for one day. That’s not possible. It is! Just come to the Duesseldorf „Japan Tag“ on May 26, 2018.

Japan is….exotic, full of colours,tasty, sporty, playful, full of phantasy and very poetic. Did I miss something? Come and find out yourself!

What’s up along the Duesseldorf’s banks of the Rhine? Music, dance, film and sports, and of course, the traditional martial arts judo, karate, aikido, but a German-Japanese friendship football game as well. Culinary delights, colorful stands with Japanese souvenirs and little things, and certainly also thousands of costumed manga fans and cosplayers, who turn the day into a colorful festival, definitely a lot of information and impressions around a diverse country with a rich historical tradition and and a very attractive present. A great firework at night will surely be the highlight and „grande finale“ of this day. Japanese pyrotechnicians illuminate the night sky, with a show of superlatives, every year to a different motto. Let’s see how they will surprise us this year.

Goldregen © Düsseldorf Tourismus GmbH

Japan on the Rhine. A very old story.

This extraordinary event does have already 17 years of tradition in a German city where the Japanese way of life and Japanese culture have been at home for a long time. It all bMerchants Were The Pioneers Of This Development, Which Began In The 1950s. In 1952, The First Japanese “scouts” Of Japanese Companies Came To Dusseldorf. Because Dusseldorf Offered As “desk Of The Ruhr Area” And Central Business Location A Very Attractive Location In An Important Conurbation Between Rhine And Ruhr. Today, The Japanese Community In Dusseldorf Is The Third Largest In Europe, After London And Paris. Spectacular!

What is even more spectacular for us as the Hotel Villa Meererbusch, based in Meerbusch-Büderich near Düsseldorf, is that the city of Meerbusch actually has the highest share of Japanese residents outside Japan. Of about 55,000 inhabitants, about 800 inhabitants are Japanese, and that is about 1.5%. Since 2010 there is the city partnership between Meerbusch and Shijonawate near Osaka. In all of North Rhine-Westphalia Meerbusch is thus the only city that has a Japanese twin city. Apart from Cologne, of course, which has been a twin city of Kyoto since 1963. But Cologne is also very difficult to top. We say that as a native of Cologne with full conviction. Still, yes! :-)

There is a lot to see and a lot to participate in the Düsseldorf Japan Day. Get involved. Have fun in Japan on the Rhine and welcome! Youkoso!

Bilder © Düsseldorf Tourismus GmbH